Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predatorFri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism | |
NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launchFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, but over a much larger area | |
Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxyFri, 28 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0000 A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could make bafflingly difficult tests of gravity possible at last | |
Where and when to see 2027’s ‘solar eclipse of the century’Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 The total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is due to be the longest one until the year 2114, and researchers, eclipse chasers and tourists alike are on the edge of their seats | |
Exclusive video of world’s first echidna puggle to be born at a universityFri, 28 Aug 2026 08:32:44 +0000 Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve our understanding of the evolution of pregnancy in mammals | |
Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was rightFri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 What even is time? Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation is both a physical phenomenon and a psychological one | |
Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-TimeFri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins | |
‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time, on why the big questions in physics matter so much | |
Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El NiñosThu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Coral records from the Galapagos Islands indicate El Niños have been gathering strength over the past 40 years, in line with rising global temperatures | |
Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of GreenlandThu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a profound experience of seeing them | |